Line #21 PlayingWith/EvilLuddite


1	'''Basic Trope''': A villain motivated by a hatred of technology.
2	* '''Straight''': Alice feels that high technology is a sign of mankind's decadence and begins a crusade against technology and all who refuse to stop using it.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': Bob decides that mankind has been corrupted by technology and announces he will kill anyone who as much as wears clothes or uses a stick or rock.
4	* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob both lament the loss of '[[GoodOldWays the old ways]]' and refuse to use anything that was invented after 1950.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** Alice is a dryad, whose power comes from nature while Bob was RaisedByWolves and simply doesn't understand why people need technology.
7	** Alice's hometown was [[NukeEm hit by a nuclear bomb]].
8	** The setting's technology is PoweredByAForsakenChild.
9	* '''Inverted''':
10	** Alice and Bob are {{Science Hero}}es who use science and technology to fight evil.
11	** Alice and Bob are progress-obsessed zealots who consider anyone unwilling to make use of the technological advances available to them an ignorant savage who stands in the way of of creating a better world, and no cost too great in the name of progress.
12	* '''Subverted''': [[StrawHypocrite Alice reveals that she just wants all the technology for herself. She isn't really opposed to it as much as she's jealous of everyone who can afford better equipment.]]
13	* '''Double Subverted''': She still wants to prevent any further development of technology in order to retain her grip, however.
14	* '''Parodied''': Alice and Bob argue over whether whether their latest evil scheme uses too high a level of technology.
15	* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice and Bob claim to be anti-technology but [[MoralMyopia frequently use varying levels of it in their plans]].
16	* '''Averted''': Alice and Bob are the villains of a ScavengerWorld. There's no technology to oppose.
17	* '''Enforced''': "We need to avoid making our NatureHero look like a crazed environmentalist. Make the villains far worse."
18	* '''Lampshaded''': "If they don't like technology, [[MoralMyopia why are they attacking us with guns]]?"
19	* '''Invoked''': Alice and Bob use their anti-technology sentiments to appeal to environmentalists and people who want a [[NostalgiaFilter 'simpler life'.]]
20	* '''Exploited''': TheFederation espouses a pro-technology ideology to encourage those that oppose them to eschew it and be less able to make themselves a threat.
21	* '''Defied''': [[PrinciplesZealot Bob]] claims that they should get rid of all technology when they take over, but [[PragmaticVillainy Alice points out]] that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it would be impossible to rule a global empire without it]].
22	* '''Discussed''': "If we continue to develop technology like this, mankind will lose its soul!" "Let's hope she never declares war on computers. [[DeadpanSnarker I already sold my soul for this laptop.]]"
23	* '''Conversed''': "I hear that Alice and Bob are rounding up anyone who knows how to run the machinery or the computers..." "I hear that they hate technology and anyone who uses it. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck This doesn't bode well..."]]
24	* '''Deconstructed''':
25	** Alice is at a disadvantage in executing her EvilPlan, simply because everyone else is better equipped.
26	** Alice is a WellIntentionedExtremist whose antipathy to technological advancement is rooted more in not wanting to see GaiasLament happen through environmental damage, and/or fears that the new technology would result in the use of the JobStealingRobot which would only enrich the wealthy few and disenfranchise the many poor. Her actions spark a backlash that pushes more people to support technological advances at any cost.
27	* '''Reconstructed''': [[{{Hypocrite}} Bob hires hackers and other technologically equipped mercenary types to do their dirty work]] while he and Alice act as [[VillainWithGoodPublicity well-respected environmentalists]]. Then they ...[[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness deal with them]].
28	** Alice may have a technological disadvantage, but she has access to [[GaiasVengeance the forces of nature's wrath]] to compensate for that.
29	* '''Implied''': Alice is mainly a GenericDoomsdayVillain, but she disparages the heroes for using advanced technology.
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31	Repent and drag yourself away from this electronic abomination! Don't even think of going back to EvilLuddite!
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36	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
37	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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